The current and 13th in a series of strikes by Lufthansa pilots has been ordered to end by the regional labor court in the federal state of Hesse, Germany, which has overruled a decision made by a lower court on Tuesday evening which allowed today’s strike to go ahead. The court ruled that the pilots
A frenzy of interest has been created since the French government announced the country’s intention to relinquish its 60% stake in Nice Côte d’Azur and Lyon-Saint-Exupery airports. Interest is particularly keen owing to a continued increase in traffic and stakes in two of the country’s busiest airports will present investors with relatively stable assets in
Defence and security company Saab has been selected by Avinor Air Navigation Services, Norway’s air navigation service provider, to deploy multilateration technology for air traffic surveillance coverage across all of Norway along with surface surveillance for Norwegian airports. Avinor’s NORWAM system will provide air traffic surveillance data to the ARTAS (advanced surveillance data system) tracker
In its previous restructuring program Air France KLM only managed to shed 9% of its workforce, or 6,413 employees through voluntary departures, while a further 800 jobs will have to go if the airline is to meet its new target of €1.8bn in cost-cutting. Currently the airline is suffering from heavy competition from both Gulf
The Airbus Group Inc. Chairman and CEO, Allan McArtor, has spoken openly at an International Aviation Club lunch meeting, stating that the US national air traffic control system needs to be “free from political shenanigans” and taken out of the federal procurement system, continuing, “It’s high time to move beyond words and into action.” McArtor,
Commsoft announced that start-up Russian airline, JSC UVT AERO, a user of its MRO IT system, OASES, was awarded its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) on July 8th, by the Federal Transport Agency of the Ministry of Transport for the Russian Federation. The regional airline is based in Bugulma and Kazan in the Republic of Tatarstan,
Transaero, Russia’s second-largest airline, has been struggling to stay afloat after the airline’s net debt totaled RUB106 billion at the end of 2014. An Aeroflot spokesman was quoted as saying “Transaero will be completely overhauled and integrated into the Aeroflot group.” According to a Transaero statement, the deal was concluded during a meeting with Igor
For an airline struggling to maintain its market share against stiff opposition, further strikes at Lufthansa could see it struggle further after a period of 18 months where numerous strikes have already cost it hundreds of millions of euros. Currently Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), which represents approximately 5,400 pilots at Lufthansa, has agreed to certain concessions
The formation of American Airlines Group through the merger of American Airlines with US Airways will see the disappearance of the US Airways brand on the 17th October. The merger, which will see the creation of the world’s largest airline when completed, aims to learn lessons from problems created when United Continental Holdings was created
Three Liebherr companies have confirmed their participation in the Clean Sky 2 Joint Technology Initiative (JTI): While Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, Lindenberg (Germany), one of the founding members of Clean Sky 2, has recently signed the Grant Agreement Papers, Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, Toulouse (France) and Liebherr-Elektronik GmbH, Lindau (Germany) have joined the consortium as affiliates. From
